diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 025334da..c7d21add 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ if(BUILD_DOCS)
   set(DOXYGEN_PROJECT_NUMBER ${PROJECT_GIT_VERSION})
   set(DOXYGEN_PROJECT_BRIEF "C++ Message Passing Framework")
   set(DOXYGEN_USE_MDFILE_AS_MAINPAGE README.md)
+  set(DOXYGEN_HTML_FOOTER docs/footer.html)
   doxygen_add_docs(doxygen README.md fairmq)
   add_custom_target(docs ALL DEPENDS doxygen)
 endif()
diff --git a/docs/footer.html b/docs/footer.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..728c68be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/footer.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<p style="margin: 0 12px 10px 12px;"><a href="https://help.github.com/articles/github-privacy-statement/">privacy</a></p>